Gaiter.



J. T. CROWLEY. GAITBR. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1914.

1 1 24,? 1 0. Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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JOHN T. onowLnY, or reason j'rnLLs, .connnc'rrou'r, Assmnon'ro 'rnn'nnhcon. FALLS RUBBER SHOE company, or BEACON FALLS, connne'rrcu'r. a consume,

' childrens gaiters or other a front piece,

TION 0F CONNEOTIOUT.- V

- ome To all whom it may concern;-

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing in B eacon- Falls, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain ;new and useful Improvements in Gaiters, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to gaiters or arctics and aims to provide certp n improvements therein. 3

The invention is particularly directed to aiters in which it is desired to have a sma ankle portion as compared with the size of the foot.

In the ordinary construction of arctic the upper is composed of side pieces of cloth and the edges of which are vulcanized to the side pieces. portion of the front piece it is cut downwardly, and a gore-shaped piece is inserted.

This gore-shaped piece enlarges the upper" dimension of the front pie'ce,-so as to en able the foot to be inserted in the gaiter. This construction is usually satisfactory in the case of adults gaiters, but when applied to childrens gait'ers it is found that ifrthere is suflicient fullness in the upper part of the aiter to enable the gait'er to be removed rom the vulcanizing form or last thegaiter is too large for the ankle of the child. All previous attempts to reduce the dimension of the top of the gaiter have been ineifective,

since-it is then found impossible to remove the gaiter from the last or mold.

According to 'the present invention I introduce a separate gore, or fold into the top of the gaiter, and preferably shaped piece now commonly used. By this construction I enlarge the possible capacity of the arctic for extension. The other portions of the top may hence be reduced in size so as to snugly fit a relatively small ankle. Preferably the additional fore provided by the present invention is 0 cheap material, since it is not visible when the arctic isin use. At the same time it provides an inclosure which is more or less water-proof up to. the top of the gaiter Other features of improvement are hereinafter more fully described;

Referring to the drawings,-Figure l is a pprspentive view of the improved constructhe arctic.

At the {upper in the goresp cification of Letters 2atent. P'atentedJanJI 1 Application filed Jul as. 1914, Serial No. 853.826, 3 i l I tion. Fig. is a front," i

is a detail view.

the sole portion B B thesidespand O the} front. These parts are usuallyformed cloth, in-some instances,rubberized, andex tend aro'undthe sole portion 'A to the top' of Usually a .rubber coating of facing D is applied around the bottom of,

the arctic. The edges E E of the front portion C are vulcanized -to 'the forward edges of the side portions B .B" in such manner as to fold backwardly, and in order .to obtain a greater fullness at the top of the 'front portion it has been out along the edges F F, and a gore-shaped piece inserted in the opening thus formed. As before stated, it is found in practice, however, that the add tional fullness thus obtained is not suflicient to enable the arctic to be removed from themold unless the sides B B are so large as to make the top of the arctic too fullfor slender ankles.

Accord1ng to the present invention I rov1de an additional piece in the front 0, the

arctic, and preferably this piece is of-segmental form and is inserted in the oreshaped piece just referred to. 'In the rawing the gore-shaped piece is designated by is shown as vulcanized to the inner or .se arated edges of the gored halves G G. he piece H is folded so that its edges lie near its middle while its rear portion H lies flat alon the ankle.

' W 10171 the arctic is closed by the usual buckles or otherwise, the edges of the lower halves G G lie together so that the ap earance of the'arctic is not substantially different from that of the ordinary construction.

It is customary to provide the arcticwith a fleece lining which is substantially contin-' uous when the arctic is in place onthe foot. The segmental piece H need not, however, be made of lined material or other expensive material, since the parts G G overlap it completely when the arctie is closed.

1 In Fig. 3 is illustrated the segment H in its extended position In Fi 1 in dotted lines I have shown the top 0 the arctic in its condition of greatest extension. In this condition no difiiculty is encolmtered inremovmiL the arctic from the mold or the last,

event ough thesides B B5 be shortened from front to rear. .The increased capacity of the top of the arctic is also of value in;

.1 drawing it in place over the shoe and in removing 1t.

'While I have shown and described one form of the invention, it will behnderstodd that I do not wish to be limited thereto, since varioiis changes may be made therein without departing firo'm the invention.

- The mannerof forming the segmented portion H inthe adjacent portions, of the c hshoe', Serial No.- 859,600, 1st,1914.

article of foot wear is described and "claimed m my co ending application iorfMiners filed 7 September we I chime L 1,1811 arctic having front and side portions, and a gore in'the front portiomend e segmental 'foidable piece inserted said v front portion and coin'nectedto said gore.

, 2. An arctic having front and side portions, it gore-shaped piece in said iront portion, said gore shaped piece being cut at its midd1eynnd mfoidable segmental portion 

